Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . ad of in its charac-ter of a watering-place, are, the ancientState House (for Newport is a semi-capital of Rhode Island), the RedwoodLibrary and Athenaeum, the Old StoneMill, an interesting relic of a periodpast remembrance and almost of tradi-tion ; Tammany Hall Institute, TrinityChurch, the Vernon family mansion,the Perry m
Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . ad of in its charac-ter of a watering-place, are, the ancientState House (for Newport is a semi-capital of Rhode Island), the RedwoodLibrary and Athenaeum, the Old StoneMill, an interesting relic of a periodpast remembrance and almost of tradi-tion ; Tammany Hall Institute, TrinityChurch, the Vernon family mansion,the Perry monument, Com. Perryshouse, the .City Hall, the fortificationsin the harbor, Fort Adams, Fort Wol-cott, Fort Brown, and its surroundingrocks called the Dumplings, etc. The chief picturesque attractions ofthe town and its immediate vicinity, arethe fine ocean shores, known as theFirst, the Second, and the Third is the First Beach which is chieflyused as a bathing ground by the New-port guests. At the Second Beach arethe famous rocks called Purgatory, andthe Hanging Rocks, within whoseshadow it is said that the celebratedBishop Berkeley wrote his MinutePhilosopher. Here, too, groups offishermen may be seen drawing theirnets for the manhaden and blue-fish, or. Bluff near Purgatory, Newport, R. I. S8 NEW HAMPSHIRE. Eoutes to the WJiite Mountains. horse-mackevol, with which the watevsabound. Nearer to the town, andupon the coast, is the great SpoutingCave. The Glen, and other localities, arecharming places to ride to, when theweather is auspicious. Newport was the birthplace of thegifted miniature painter Malbone, andGilbert Stuart*s place of nativity maybe seen in Narragansett, across the made two copies of his greatWashington picture for Island, one of which may be seen in the StateHouse at Newport, and the other in thatat Providence, the twin capital. A steamboat passes every day up anddown the bay between Newport and thecity of Providence, enabling the
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